yaa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yaa"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Yaminahua.

Symbol

yaa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yaminahua.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Yaminahua terms

English

Noun

yaa (plural yaas)

1. The letter ي (y) in the Arabic script.

Usage notes

• Some Arabic-based languages use variations of the letter, e.g. Persian uses ی (ye).

Translations

Arabic letter

Arabic: يَاء m (yāʔ), ي (ar) (y) (letter) Russian: йа (ru) n (ja)

Anagrams

• AYA, Aya, aya

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaː/ [ˈjaː]
• Hyphenation: yaa

Noun

yáa f 

1. syncopic form of yayyá

Declension

Declension of yáa
absolutive	yáa
predicative	yáa
subjective	yáa
genitive	yáa
Postpositioned forms l-case yáal k-case yáak t-case yáat h-case yáah

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 143

Ahtna

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ

Noun

yaa

1. sky

Derived terms

• yabaaghe (“horizon”)
• yaziił (“common snipe”)
• yanlaey (“cloud, cloud cover”)
• yaykaas (“northern lights”)
• yadibaey (“northern lights”)
• yakoneʼ (“red northern lights”)

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 419

Chichicapan Zapotec

Noun

yaa

1. temazcal, a type of sweat lodge, usually built with adobe bricks

Navajo

Postposition

yaa

1. to him/her/it
2. about him/her/it

Inflection

Forms of yaa

	singular	duoplural
1st person	shaa	nihaa
2nd person	naa	nihaa
3rd person	baa
4th person (3o)	yaa
4th person (3a)	haa
4th person (3i)	aa	—
reflexive	ádaa	—
reciprocal	—	ahaa

Adverb

yaa

1. down, downward

Derived terms

• ayaaí hooghan
• yaago

Tataltepec Chatino

Noun

yaa

1. nopal

Tlingit

Noun

yaa

1. sea trout

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology 1

Cognate with Alcozauca Mixtec yâá, Chayuco Mixtec yaa, San Juan Colorado Mixtec yaa, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec yáa.

Noun

yaa

1. tongue
2. flame

Etymology 2

Cognate with Alcozauca Mixtec yaa, Chayuco Mixtec yaa, San Juan Colorado Mixtec yáa, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec yaā.

Noun

yaa

1. song
2. music

Etymology 3

Cognate with Chayuco Mixtec ñiyaa, San Juan Colorado Mixtec nyaà, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec yaā.

Noun

yaa

1. ash
2. hominy

References

• Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012), Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎ (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 89